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Mercimek Ahmet, active 15th century

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nr 99032593

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Mercimek Ahmet, active 15th century

Biographical notes

He has lived during the reign of Murād II (824/1421-855/1451). He is famous for his only work known to us, the Ḳābūsnāme, the best known of the several translations of this Persian work in Old Anatolian Turkish.

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İlyasoğlu Mercimek Ahmet, active 15th century
Mercimek Ahmed, active 15th century
Mercimek Ahmet, 15th cent
Mercimek, Ahmet, active 15th century
Merd̲j̲imek Aḥmed, active 15th century

Manuscripts by this author

Ḳābūsnāme

This is another translation of Kaykāvūs b. Iskandar (d. after 475/1082) ’s work by the same name in Turkish language. As related by the author in the introduction, Murād II (824/1421-855/1451) was dissatisfied with one of the previous translations of the work which he found hard to understand and ordered Mercimek Aḥmed to make a better translation. Mercimek Aḥmed states that he completed the work in 23 Shaʿbān, 835 and enriched the text by giving the necessary explanations. The work comprises the advice given by Kaykāvūs b. Iskandar (d. after 475/1082) to his son on how to be a better ruler.